Longtime Tampa area host Ron Diaz has announced he will retire from iHeartMedia Sports 620 WDAE St. Petersburg/95.3 W237CW Pinellas Park on Friday, December 11.
Diaz first came to Tampa in 1979 at Rock 94.9 WYNF where he would rise to APD/MD, before being teamed in mornings with Ron Bennington in 1987. The “Ron & Ron Show” would leave WYNF for a statewide syndication deal with Paxson Communications in 1993, but Diaz would exit the show in 1997 rather than relocate with it to Miami. Diaz would then join Classic Rock “Thunder 103.5” WTBT to host mornings. He would then join WDAE in 2003 as midday host alongside former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ian Beckles. “Ron & Ian” would last until the end of 2015 when Beckles departed in a contract dispute. Diaz was then paired with JP Peterson until November 2018 when he was reunited with Beckles and moved to afternoon drive.